Blogs - Tags - transportation urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries030362015-05-15T16:43:55-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3d60acd3-ca69-4578-a57f-f3bd5c9e57b0IBM proves weather is businessMichaelMarinier2700079NGTactivefalsedfa2dc54-5a14-4cf8-91e0-978bfd59d0d4Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-05-21T06:11:39-04:002015-05-21T06:11:39-04:00<p dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">
On March 31, 2015 IBM announced a partnership with <a href="http://www.theweathercompany.com/company">The Weather Company</a>. The Weather Company includes the Weather Channel, weather.com, Weather Underground, Intellicast.com and third-party publishing partners. The company provides millions of people every day with the world&#39;s best weather forecasts, content and data, connecting with them through television, online, mobile and tablet screens. Through WSI and Weather Central, the company delivers superior professional weather services for the media, aviation, marine and energy sectors. The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of <a href="http://www.nbcuniversal.com/who-we-are">NBC Universal</a> and the private equity firms <a href="http://www.blackstone.com/">The Blackstone Group</a> and <a href="http://www.baincapitalprivateequity.com/">Bain Capital</a>.</p>
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&nbsp;The Weather Company&#39;s weather data platform will soon be migrated to the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/za/en/">IBM Cloud</a>. Weather data will be integrated into key IBM tools such as <a href="https://console.ng.bluemix.net/solutions/hybrid-cloud">Bluemix</a>. In the near future, WSI (The professional division of The Weather Company) APIs will be available in the Bluemix catalog so developers can more easily incorporate weather data into their applications.</p>
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Africa is widely recognized as a continent vulnerable to weather risks. These weather-related disasters are undermining record growth experienced across the continent, threatening hard-won development gains and vulnerable populations.</p>
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Weather data is becoming increasingly available, precise and granular. However business processes when developing apps still frequently still ignore external conditions. The impact of weather can already be felt across industries, as follows:</p>
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<em>Energy and Utilities</em> &ndash; weather patterns can be used to predict peak load and energy generation can be directed at regions where it&rsquo;s needed to avoided outages</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Government and Public Safety</em> &ndash; during extreme weather situations, predicting, preparing for and responding to events is critical</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Insurance</em> &ndash; weather data can be used to notify customers that extreme conditions and help customers prepare, thus reducing claims</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Travel &amp; Transportation</em> &ndash; ships can re-route travel based on local weather conditions</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Retail</em> &ndash; campaigns can be adapted to the needs that arise from consumers based on anomalies in weather patterns</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Agriculture</em> &ndash; Farmers are able to plan their crops to get the best yield</li>
</ul>
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Developers in Africa are already able to create applications in these sectors. Using cloud platforms like IBM Bluemix, developing such application has never been easier and more affordable.</p>
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<span style="color:black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/IBMBluemix"><span style="color:#0060a0;">IBM&nbsp;Bluemix</span></a></span> is a Cloud Based Pl<wbr></wbr>a<wbr></wbr>t<wbr></wbr>fo<wbr></wbr>r<wbr></wbr>m<wbr></wbr>-a<wbr></wbr>s<wbr></wbr>-<wbr></wbr>a-<wbr></wbr>S<wbr></wbr>e<wbr></wbr>rv<wbr></wbr>i<wbr></wbr>c<wbr></wbr>e (PaaS) that can get start-ups and established companies to become cloud ready easily and timeously. If you would like to benefit from IBM Bluemix and get a better understanding of it all you need to do is create an <a href="https://apps.admin.ibmcloud.com/manage/trial/bluemix.html?cm_mmc=dw-_-africa-bluemix-_-offline-_-event">IBM Bluemix Account</a>&nbsp;and enjoy a 30 day free trial. Use this time to determine if the service is a perfect fit for your needs.&nbsp;</p>
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<span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">If you need more information just put it in the comments below or tweet. You can also find me @MarinierCom</span></span></p>On March 31, 2015 IBM announced a partnership with The Weather Company . The Weather Company includes the Weather Channel, weather.com, Weather Underground, Intellicast.com and third-party publishing partners. The company provides millions of people every day...00352urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-cd8c53ed-26f5-459f-943a-4790f19c536adeveloperWorks Africa2015-07-28T06:16:43-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-566cfce9-8ab0-4626-bab6-c15499263416IBM proves weather is businessMichaelMarinier2700079NGTactivefalseMichaelMarinier2700079NGTactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-04-02T04:57:44-04:002015-04-07T05:19:39-04:00<p dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">
On March 31, 2015 IBM announced a partnership with <a href="http://www.theweathercompany.com/company">The Weather Company</a>. The Weather Company includes the Weather Channel, weather.com, Weather Underground, Intellicast.com and third-party publishing partners. The company provides millions of people every day with the world&#39;s best weather forecasts, content and data, connecting with them through television, online, mobile and tablet screens. Through WSI and Weather Central, the company delivers superior professional weather services for the media, aviation, marine and energy sectors. The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of <a href="http://www.nbcuniversal.com/who-we-are">NBC Universal</a> and the private equity firms <a href="http://www.blackstone.com/">The Blackstone Group</a> and <a href="http://www.baincapitalprivateequity.com/">Bain Capital</a>.</p>
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&nbsp;The Weather Company&#39;s weather data platform will soon be migrated to the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/za/en/">IBM Cloud</a>. Weather data will be integrated into key IBM tools such as <a href="https://console.ng.bluemix.net/solutions/hybrid-cloud">Bluemix</a>. In the near future, WSI (The professional division of The Weather Company) APIs will be available in the Bluemix catalog so developers can more easily incorporate weather data into their applications.</p>
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Africa is widely recognized as a continent vulnerable to weather risks. These weather-related disasters are undermining record growth experienced across the continent, threatening hard-won development gains and vulnerable populations.</p>
<p dir="ltr">
Weather data is becoming increasingly available, precise and granular. However business processes when developing apps still frequently still ignore external conditions. The impact of weather can already be felt across industries, as follows:</p>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Energy and Utilities</em> &ndash; weather patterns can be used to predict peak load and energy generation can be directed at regions where it&rsquo;s needed to avoided outages</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Government and Public Safety</em> &ndash; during extreme weather situations, predicting, preparing for and responding to events is critical</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Insurance</em> &ndash; weather data can be used to notify customers that extreme conditions and help customers prepare, thus reducing claims</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Travel &amp; Transportation</em> &ndash; ships can re-route travel based on local weather conditions</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Retail</em> &ndash; campaigns can be adapted to the needs that arise from consumers based on anomalies in weather patterns</li>
<li style="line-height:normal;">
<em>Agriculture</em> &ndash; Farmers are able to plan their crops to get the best yield</li>
</ul>
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Developers in Africa are already able to create applications in these sectors. Using cloud platforms like IBM Bluemix, developing such application has never been easier and more affordable.</p>
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<span style="color:black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/IBMBluemix"><span style="color:#0060a0;">IBM&nbsp;Bluemix</span></a></span> is a Cloud Based Pla<wbr />t<wbr />for<wbr />m<wbr />-as<wbr />-<wbr />a-S<wbr />e<wbr />rvi<wbr />c<wbr />e (PaaS) that can get start-ups and established companies to become cloud ready easily and timeously. If you would like to benefit from IBM Bluemix and get a better understanding of it all you need to do is create an <a href="https://apps.admin.ibmcloud.com/manage/trial/bluemix.html?cm_mmc=dw-_-africa-bluemix-_-offline-_-event">IBM Bluemix Account</a>&nbsp;and enjoy a 30 day free trial. Use this time to determine if the service is a perfect fit for your needs.&nbsp;</p>
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<span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">If you need more information just put it in the comments below or tweet. You can also find me @MarinierCom</span></span></p>
On March 31, 2015 IBM announced a partnership with The Weather Company . The Weather Company includes the Weather Channel, weather.com, Weather Underground, Intellicast.com and third-party publishing partners. The company provides millions of people every day...001377urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-bccdcc8c-510c-4c6a-be38-30f96cd851c3developerWorks Africa2015-06-01T07:00:30-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7cf483c1-32f5-43be-a0f7-168662d65c22Introducing Maximo for Transportation 7.5.1!tristanogorman27000424U4activefalsetristanogorman27000424U4activefalsea9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3aComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2013-09-27T09:37:05-04:002013-09-30T04:49:17-04:00<p dir="ltr">
Maximo for Transportation 7.5.1 features enhancements to motor pool management, warranty management, preventive maintenance, telematics, and asset management. In addition, many Maximo for Transportation applications have been updated to support best-practice recommendations when you use both Maximo for Transportation and Maximo Asset Configuration Manager to manage your assets.</p>
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For information about these enhancements and many other features, check out the Maximo for Transportation 7.5.1 <a href="http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v49r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.trn.doc%2Fwelcome.html?lang=rus" target="_blank">information&nbsp;center</a>.</p>
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The Maximo for Transportation <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Maximo%20Asset%20Management/page/Maximo%20for%20Transportation" target="_blank">wiki</a> also contains useful information, for example, you can learn about <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Maximo%20Asset%20Management/page/Best%20practices%20for%20Maximo%20for%20Transportation" target="_blank">best&nbsp;practices</a> when using Maximo for Transportation and Asset Configuration Manager together.</p>
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You can find information about downloading Maximo for Transportation 7.5.1 <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24035463" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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Finally, check out blog posts by our development team, for example:</p>
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Carey Clarke, product architect, discusses:
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/march_13_2013_5_34_pm4?lang=en" target="_blank">Consist&nbsp;management</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/a_q_a_on_telematics_data_in_maximo17?lang=en" target="_blank">Telematics</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/when_is_the_opportune_time_to_perform_maintenance1?lang=en" target="_blank">Performing&nbsp;maintenance</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/how_can_i_optimize_the_benefits_of_my_asset_s_warranties_a_k_a_saving_money_on_asset_maintenance2?lang=en" target="_blank">Asset&nbsp;warranties</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/triggering_item_warranties_in_maximo_for_transportation13?lang=en" target="_blank">Item&nbsp;warranties</a></li>
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Alex Oliveira Estevam writes about <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/using_maximo_transportation_to_manage_retreaded_tires2?lang=en" target="_blank">managing&nbsp;retreaded&nbsp;tires</a></li>
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Maximo for Transportation 7.5.1 features enhancements to motor pool management, warranty management, preventive maintenance, telematics, and asset management. In addition, many Maximo for Transportation applications have been updated to support best-practice...023420urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3409a814-fde3-4a58-af4a-e2e5efe08a8dAsset Management2015-08-01T05:05:44-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-de0e1e0c-b2eb-4631-9c55-e50c0cdbe6c3New content on developerWorks Rational, 24 MayPatty_Orben2700024708activefalsee4210f90-a515-41c9-a487-8fc7d79d7f61Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2013-05-24T11:03:32-04:002013-05-24T11:03:32-04:00<p dir="ltr">
It&#39;s time to start packing for Innovate! For me, that means it&#39;s time to start making my packing checklists so I don&#39;t forget anything. I leave at 4:30am and The Lad will probably have lacrosse practice the night before so I need to be organized or I&#39;ll be up all night throwing everything and anything into my suitcase. The Lad has tryouts for a summer tournament team while I&#39;m away so if you see me on Sunday afternoon and I keep looking at my phone, I&#39;m waiting for my husband to text me his results. But, back to Innovate. Have you checked out the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/links/?prompt=1&amp;url=http://innovatesmartsite.com/">SmartSite</a> and built your agenda yet? You&#39;ll get far more out of the conference if you plan ahead. Attending with colleagues, build agendas that complement each other so you can divide and conquer. See you in the Expo Hall!</p>
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It&#39;s time to start packing for Innovate! For me, that means it&#39;s time to start making my packing checklists so I don&#39;t forget anything. I leave at 4:30am and The Lad will probably have lacrosse practice the night before so I need to be organized or...001701urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4aa46619-143f-4d1a-9819-da9aa5fdae3dIBM Rational community2015-07-29T09:24:23-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3200368e-342c-4eff-b2f4-e6f2d6320ea3Can I define rules for the configuration of an asset hierarchy in Maximo? a.k.a. Consist Management in Maximo for TransportationCareyClarke2700008H6Uactivefalsea9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3aComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2013-03-13T17:46:28-04:002013-03-14T05:40:38-04:00
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the rail industry, a group of assets (cars, locomotives,
etc.) that are coupled together to form a train are often referred to as a
Consist.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This may also be referred to as
a Train Set.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The process of assembling a collection of individual assets
into a train set or consist is referred to Consist Management.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What this means in terms of a Maximo process is defining the
possible contents of a two level hierarchy and defining rules around these
contents.</p><div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Defining the structure and the rules</b></p><div> </div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reusable consist templates contain the structure and rules
for building individual consists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is
done in the Consist Templates (Tr) application.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For example you can build a template with five positions;
three that are mandatory and two that are optional.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This means a train created based on this
template can have between three and five assets and pass the rules validation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For each of these positions, you can define the rules for
populating the positions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This could be
limiting the assets used in the position to certain rotating item(s), asset
type(s), or asset classification(s).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>These rules can be mandatory (you cannot proceed if not met), warning
(you are warned, but can proceed), or optional (rule is informational only, no
warning is given is the rule is not met).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are also consist level rules.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This means that you can define a rule that any
asset in the consist can meet, it does not matter what position the asset is
in.</p><div> </div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/cnc1.jpg
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<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <b>Creating working assets from the templates</b></div><div> </div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once the template is defined, we are ready to use them to
create operating consists.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Consists (Tr) application is used to take available,
matching assets into positions on the template.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>You can select asset from a list of assets that match any rules in the
positions or filter the available assets to just those for a specific position.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can easily move assets into and out of positions.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When you are finished populating the positions, the entire
structure will be validated when you change the status to operating.</p><div> <a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/cnc2.jpg
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <b>What else can I do with this consist?</b></div><div> </div>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can create work orders for consists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All the assets that make up the consist will
be in the multiple assets, locations and CIs section of the work order.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meters can be defined for consists and the readings can roll
down to the assets in the consist.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Consists can have preventive maintenance programs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Inspections and servicing can be performed on consists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If you use a consist in an inspection or
service, the contents of the consist will be detailed for you automatically.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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What exactly is consist management? In the rail industry, a group of assets (cars, locomotives,
etc.) that are coupled together to form a train are often referred to as a
Consist. This may also be referred to as
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<div><b>The Challenge</b>: Planning packages of work can provide a number of challenges, particularly for transportation type assets where the dynamic nature of the assets operations means that the asset may not be where it is supposed to be!! Maintenance facilities are resourced based on carrying out a range of maintenance tasks, they know that for a given time period they will be maintaining an asset from the fleet (or a third party client) but not necessarily which specific asset it will be, to a certain extent they do not care which asset it will be. Maximo provides strong capability for defining the preventive maintenance (PM) program and the generation of the associated work orders, however, there is a challenge in deciding when to generate the work orders if there is a risk that the asset may not be available for maintenance when planned and an alternative asset will be allocated for maintenance in its place, this is a typical scenario in both rail and aviation. </div><div> </div><div><b>The Solution: </b>Maximo Asset Configuration Manager (ACM) has developed capability for 'work packaging' as part of the <b>Maintenance Planning (CM)</b> application, this enables planners to create packages of work by viewing all forthcoming PMs and filtering by asset and 'units to go' so that any number of PM records can be selected for inclusion into a Work Package that is specific to an aircraft, rail vehicle etc. </div><div> <a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMBlog-1.png
" target="_blank"><img _moz_resizing="true" alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMBlog-1.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a> </div><div>Once the PM's have been selected they are added to the Work Package. At this point the planner can view 'work package summary', this details the total number of events and the combined resource requirements so that the planner can review if the total package of work is appropriate for the planned maintenance period and add, remove or retain the current selection. <br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div align="left"><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMBlog-3.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMBlog-3.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a> <br /><br />The Maintenance Location, Maintenance Slot (this will be covered in a later blog) and scheduled start / finish dates are selected. Once the planner is satisfied that the work package has the correct content it is approved and the Work Orders can be generated by using an action from the menu. </div><div> </div><div>A parent Work Order is created to represent the work package with the PMs selected as child work orders.</div><div> </div><div>Any other open work orders may be added to the work package by using the action 'work package / add work orders' from the menu in Work Order Tracking (CM).</div><div> </div><div>The Work is completed in the normal manner using the range of Maximo work management functions and the work package status is manually completed.</div><div> </div><div> The work packaging functionality also allows for duplicate PMs to be managed, this is a situation that can occur when a large maintenance activity is being carried out and the work package includes multiple PMs that may have duplicate tasks, this is inefficient and can be time consuming to resolve, typically this is a task that is passed to the work supervisor to sort out. </div><div> </div><div>Future ACM blogs will blogs will cover maintenance forecasting and slot planning. <br /></div></div><div> </div><div> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>OK, so what exactly is Telematics?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The integrated use of telecommunications and
informatics, also known as ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
More specifically it is the science of sending, receiving, and storing
information via telecommunication devices. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>How about in plain English?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Electronic devices on-board assets collect information
that is extracted and used in some way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><div>Q. How about a picture?<br /><br />A.<br /><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/telematics.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/telematics.jpg" style=" width:400px; display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div>
<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Q. What kind of information do telematics systems collect from assets?<br /><br />A. All sorts of data can be collected. Some portions of this may be specific to each telematics solution, but in general they can collect information about the health of the asset, meter readings, fault codes (code generated by OEM computer indicating a problem with the asset), location information, operator communications, etc.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So what does that mean with regards to Maximo?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Maximo for Transportation has a specific
feature for importing telematics data. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Telematics
data can be used to perform such actions as creating work orders, creating
meter readings, or logging telematics data against an asset.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bottom line, telematics data imported into
Maximo can be used to help manage your assets and provide vital information on
its health and current condition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Which telematics systems can be used with
Maximo?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Any telematics system that can export data in
an XML format.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What is the basic ‘lifecycle’ for telematics
data?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As follows:</span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top:0in" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data is recorded in a vehicle data collection
device in response to events such as periodic polling of various devices
(e.g. tire pressure monitoring system) or in response to devices reporting
errors in the vehicle (e.g. low coolant level)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data is periodically transmitted from the vehicle
via some form of collection device (e.g. during re-fuelling, satellite, or
cellular)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data is stored in a telematics solution </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data is exported from the telematics solution
into an XML format file</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data in the XML file is imported into Maximo via
the Maximo for Transportation’s Telematics feature</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Maximo uses the telematics data to log data
against an asset, create meter readings, or create work orders when
appropriate</span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What benefit is there to using telematics to
capture meter readings?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Capturing meter readings via a telematics
import provides timely and accurate readings. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Readings
can be captured at a set interval without the possibility of human error in
transcribing readings. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No waiting for
the asset to arrive at a repair facility to capture readings and no relying on
the operator or user department to provide current readings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What triggers a work order being created from
a telematics data import?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You can define high severity telematics codes
and set an action for the code to automatically create a work order should they
be imported for an asset.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You can even
define different actions for specific manufacturer and model combinations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Can I have Maximo use a job plan when
telematics creates a work order?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Absolutely! <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You can set a different job plan to be used
for each action to create a work order.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Is the import of telematics data a fully
automated process in Maximo for Transportation?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It can be.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>There is an out-of-the-box cron task defined that can be used to fully
automate the import process. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You can
also manually import an XML file also.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Q.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Is it difficult to configure a telematics
data import?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The process is as follows:</span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top:0in" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Adding templates using the Orgs (Tr) application</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Adding Telematics Codes using the Telematics Codes
(Tr) application</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Adding appropriate actions for each Telematics
Code in the Telematics Codes (Tr) application</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Setting up Cron tasks to automate the import and
processing functions</span></li></ol>
Q. OK, so what exactly is Telematics? A. The integrated use of telecommunications and
informatics, also known as ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
More specifically it is the science of sending, receiving, and storing
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<strong>Dr. Julien Ugon </strong></p>
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University of Ballarat<br />
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This course will provide an introduction to the main operations research techniques and how they can be specifically applied to the transportation industry. While the course will focus on the theoretical foundations underelying the design of transportation systems, it will also cover the reasons for the need of transportation planning. Students will also be introducted to mathematical software on which they can improve their understanding of the concepts. The analysis of the aforementioned case studies will be done, as much as possible, with the help of relevant available software, such as IBM ILOG CPLEX optimizer and the AMPL language or free software alternatives such as Sage and the Gnu Linear Programming Toolkit.</p>
Dr. Julien Ugon University of Ballarat Victoria, Australia This course will provide an introduction to the main operations research techniques and how they can be specifically applied to the transportation industry. While the course will focus on the...001225urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-c3c48f8f-3c3f-452c-b652-2a8dab29af69Academic Initiative Knowledge Exchange2015-07-22T17:33:52-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-9e64e2b8-149c-44fa-8a45-cbb187977532Smarter Transport for a Smarter PlanetKathy MacWillliams100000GQFDactivefalseMarcellus Mindel110000B31Ractivefalse065eaf68-e1e1-409e-9826-75575a1a3d09Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2012-08-24T15:26:12-04:002014-11-26T14:44:00-05:00<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="400">
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The goal of this course will be to teach students the basic skills of statistics, operations research and transportation engineering required to solve modern transportation engineering problems. Emphasis will be placed on working through example problems, exploring empirical transportation data and developing decision-support tools for potential real-world implementation. Computer programming and mathematical reasoning skills will be developed. The course will produce more capable transportation engineers and may yield ideas for solutions to real and complex problems.</p>
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To increase awareness of this problem among students and grow the professional community, we offer a teaching module focused on problems of design and development of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This course will combine well-known theoretical approaches for mathematical modeling, IT solutions for intellectual analysis and real-time transport management, and our own original scientific results in the domain of Demand Responsive Transportation (DRT). Considering DRT as a particular case of ITS, we&rsquo;ll describe modeling issues, algorithms and software architecture approaches to development of such systems, introduce the concepts of multi-agent modeling, give an overview of various logistic problems, give an overview of software tools which can be useful during modeling (may include IBM solutions like IBM Rational Software Architect, IBM DB2, IBM Business Modeler, etc.), provide master-classes on modern programming techniques, and involve students in development of a software prototype which demonstrates all these issues in practice.</p>
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<div>Hello and welcome to my first post! </div><div> </div><div>After seeing a demonstration from Carey Clarke, Designer &amp; Architect of IBM Maximo Transportation, I decided to write a very easy step-by-step configuration using Maximo core functionalities to manage a great need in Transportation companies - the management of retreaded tires.</div><div> </div><div><b>Introduction</b></div><div>Currently, in organizations with a large fleet, tires management is one of the most costly activities. These organizations that have larger number of assets need to consider reuse of existing assets, like retreading tires, in order to save time and money. However, managing the life of a tire that can be retreaded is not so easy.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Objective</b></div><div>The objective of this article is to introduce a quick solution, just using Maximo base functionalities to manage the life of retreaded tires. Combined with Maximo Transportation, this solution can help a lot of Transportation users to visualize the whole cycle of a retreated tire.</div><div><br /></div><div>The functionality presented in Rotating Item and Assets applications can help setting this up as the tire will be presented as an unique asset and then there will be the ability to track full details of the tire’s life throughout its operations as to know all assets that it has been installed on, all retreaded work done on the tire, discover the total mileage the tire is driven and finally understand the total costs to own the tire.</div><div><br /></div><div>By using Maximo’s toolset there is an ability to track the number of times a tire has been retreaded, as well. That will be possible using database configuration to add new attributes to the asset object, using application designer to add attributes to the assets application and using automation scripting presented in Maximo 7.5, to define rules to update counter when tire retreading service is purchased.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Warning: </b>Make sure you have a non production environment, to try this out, before making changes that might impact your business.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Creating the retread data and counter</b></div><div>The solution flow comprehends since the creation of a new tire in Asset application. This asset can be either identified as a new retread tire or just identified as one once it approaches the end of the original tread’s life.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Maximo 7.5 version was used to create this solution. In this case, once the asset is identified as a retread tire, then this will trigger a counter to indicate the number of times the tire has been retreated. A Purchase Order (PO) is used to buy a service from a vendor to perform the retread work on the tire. As soon as the PO is received, then the retread counter in Assets application will be incremented, so this time we know how many times this tire has been retreated until know when it is time for a purchase of a brand new tire.</div><div><br /></div><div>. Go the Database Configuration in Maximo to add new attributes; “DEMO_ISTIRE” and “DEMO_RETREADCOUNT”. This is used to identify the tire as retread in Assets application and will show the number of times it has been retreaded.</div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img1.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img1.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <i>Image 1: Database configuration screen</i></div><div><br /></div><div>. Go to System Configuration &gt; Platform Configuration &gt; Application Designer application and create a new section called “Retread Tires”. Add to that two new attributes; “Retread?” which is merely a check-box and a “Retread Counter” to show the increment of the number a tire has been retreaded. The result will look like the image 2 in Assets application.</div><div><br /></div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img2.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img2.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><i>Image 2: Assets (Tr) application after changes in Application Designer</i></div><div><br /></div><div>. Go to System Configuration &gt; Platform Configuration &gt; Automation Scripts. Click on Select Action &gt; Create Script with Object Launch Point. You will see a screen similar to the Image 3 below. Create two new launch point variables; one to control if a tire is retread and the other to increment the retread tire like the example below.</div><div> </div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img3.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img3.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img3a.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img3a.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><i>Image 3: Automation Script Object Launch Point dialogue</i></div><div><br /></div><div>. Now add the automation script details to the first launch point variable that will be in charge to initiate the counter for when we use a retread tire, following code sample as in Image 4.</div><div> </div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img4.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img4.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>Image 4: Automation Script Details for the first launch point</i></div><div><br /></div><div>. Now add the automation script details to the second launch point variable that will be in charge to increment the counter for when we use a retread tire, following code sample as in Image 5.</div><div><br /></div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img5.png
" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/retread_img5.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position:relative;" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>Image 5: Automation Script Details for the second launch point</i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Purchase a retreaded tire or a service</b></div><div><br /></div><div>In order to validate if the counter is working, as said in the beginning of this article, a new Purchase Order can be created to buy this service from a vendor. Then, to validate if the counter works, an Invoice can be created in Invoices (Tr) application. The invoice will add the vendor (Company) that is used to perform the work of a retread and add values.</div><div><br /></div><div>Under the Invoice Lines, a new line can be created as a Standard Service line type. Under Item, you will now see the “Retread” value. Then, a unit cost can be entered to reflect the price of a retreaded tire. If we open the Assets (Tr) application and look for the retreaded tire asset then we will see the incremented counter that measures how many times this tire has been retreaded or being bought as retreaded.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><i>People that collaborate to this article:</i></div><div>Alex Estevam</div><div>Test Architect, IBM Maximo Industry Solutions</div><div><br /></div><div>Carey Clarke</div><div>Designer &amp; Architect. IBM Maximo for Transportation</div><div><br /></div><div>Leandro Florente Thezolin</div><div>Quality Assurance Manager, IBM Maximo Industry Solutions </div><div><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">In some cases, when the
asset is already out of service or down for repairs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">When the asset is already down,
you may have the opportunity to perform due maintenance, soon to be due
maintenance or deferred work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Operational inefficiencies
often occur when an asset just recently returned to service, must be taken back
out of service for more maintenance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Maximo for Transportation’s
Maintenance Alert feature helps to identify these opportunities to perform as
much work as possible while you have the asset down.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">This feature can be
configured to automatically display outstanding work during the work order
process. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For example, when a work order
is initiated, a pop up window will display listing deferred work orders, due
PMs and all other PMs and their due dates. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Or you can view this pop up at any time by
manually selecting the Maintenance Alert check box.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">From this pop up window, you
can select as many items as needed and add them to the current work package as
child work orders.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Any selected work
orders will be added to the current work package. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Any PMs selected will generate a work order
that will be added to the current work package.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">This simple to use feature will
give you the information you need to make the best decision possible on when to
perform maintenance.</span></p>
In some cases, when the
asset is already out of service or down for repairs. When the asset is already down,
you may have the opportunity to perform due maintenance, soon to be due
maintenance or deferred work. Operational inefficiencies
often occur when...345137urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3409a814-fde3-4a58-af4a-e2e5efe08a8dAsset Management2015-08-01T05:05:44-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e898972c-2d59-42da-a712-0f573db885e0It's time to make our cities smarterMarcelSantilli270002FABMactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2012-03-15T00:49:47-04:002012-03-15T11:02:41-04:00
<img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/how-to-make-cities-smarter.jpg" style=" display:block; margin: 0 auto;text-align: center; position:relative;" /><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is projected that by 2050, 70% of people will be living in cities. There will be at least 27 “mega-cities” of 10 million people, compared to 19 today.</span></div><br />Cities are growing in numbers and population and in their importance as planetary hubs of innovation. Economically, they are central to a globally integrated, and services based society; politically they are wielding greater and greater influence and responsibility. And technologically, cities now have access to tools that can help them gain a better understanding and control of their operations and development. <br /><br />Despite tremendous growth and positive advancements, harsh realities exist that are forcing city leaders to engage new models for leadership that can help drive sustainable economic growth and prosperous communities. <br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.nlc.org/home">National League of Cities</a>, a decline in 2011 revenues represents the fifth straight year to year decline since 2007, and projections expect the trend to continue in 2012. We, as citizens of the planet and the cities, need our innovative leaders to see this grim scene as a mandate to change and lead the future in sustainable growth, and not as a mandate to continue the trend of arbitrarily cutting services and personnel and increasing fees. <br /><br />We want our leaders to use this time, when change is required just to make ends meet, to make the decisions that not only help the city survive, but also help transform the city to drive innovation, increased investment, community engagement, and overall sustainability. <br /><br /><div><h2>Key questions: Where and how to begin</h2>Rational’s Jim Amsden recently engaged with the <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/entry/new-orleans-the-road-to-becoming-a-21st-century-government-part1?lang=en">City of New Orleans through the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge</a>. A core concept New Orleans is using to address some of their challenges is a process called <a href="http://www.psg.us/reinvention/pogbforeinvent.html">Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO)</a>. Jim goes into depth on planning and budgeting in his <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/entry/new-orleans-the-road-to-becoming-a-21st-century-government-part1?lang=en">blog entry about the smarter cities challenge</a>.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://ibm.co/govbydesign">Government by design</a> (whitepaper) is the concept of applying strategic planning for government in a form that provides a comprehensive view of the entirety of the business you are in and the services your agency or organization provides. The <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/podcasts/2011/#178">government by design (podcast)</a> strategic roadmap provides clear, visual illustrations enabling city managers to balance strategic goals with citizen needs. Because it is delivered to a broad range of stakeholders, leaders can feel confident that the right decisions are made for the right reasons and at the right time with appropriate support and backing.<br /><div> </div><div><h2>Planning and design <br /></h2></div><div><a '="" href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/Smarter-cities-government-city-strategy-administration-education.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/Smarter-cities-government-city-strategy-administration-education.jpg" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 1em; float: right; position:relative;" /></a><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ibmrational/planning-and-design-for-smarter-cities">Planning and design are fundamental stepping stones</a> to optimizing each of the systems and sub systems in a city. City strategy and administration, healthcare, transportation, energy and water, education, public safety, and social services are the core systems comprising cities operations. <br /></div><div> <br /></div><div>A <span style="font-style: italic;">smarter city</span> is one that works better across all systems, one that is optimized in the coordination of service delivery, one that delivers good quality of life for its citizens, one that provides a ripe environment for business success, one that allows people and goods to move freely through transport and communication systems, and one that provides sustainable and efficient access to water and energy. And each of these systems come together to form a system of systems. <br /><br />Looking at the big picture is important, but equally important is the vision of each of the systems and sub-systems within - all interconnected and dependent on one another. Our <a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=swg-rtl-sd-ar&amp;S_PKG=500020209">vision of smarter infrastructure</a> leverages the ability of people, systems and objects to communicate and interact with each other in entirely new ways – a system of systems. Tackling the challenges to a smarter city and smarter systems is not easy, but it can be done. An incremental approach and the right tools enable cities to make smarter, more transparent funding decisions, to design innovative citizen-centric solutions, to leverage resources across the city system of systems and to deliver citizen solutions faster and more efficiently.<br /><br />Give us your thoughts by leaving a comment below. How can we make our cities smarter? Share your vision with us.<br /></div> <br /><br /><br _moz_editor_bogus_node="TRUE" />
It is projected that by 2050, 70% of people will be living in cities. There will be at least 27 “mega-cities” of 10 million people, compared to 19 today. Cities are growing in numbers and population and in their importance as planetary hubs of innovation. ...008697urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-38ec41bf-1707-4611-9e09-dcc2fb5ebe03The Invisible Thread2015-07-28T07:49:37-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-2bf9909c-3202-4b2a-82b7-97f48d3d5517Walmart Inbound Logistics Talk at CSCMP and Optimization TechnologyMichaelWatson270002K5FSactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2012-02-18T10:54:49-05:002012-02-18T10:54:49-05:00<div> </div><div>At the 2011 annual CSCMP conference, Walmart's Greg Forbis spoke to a full session about Walmart's inbound supply chain. <a href="http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/11-10-12-1_Walmart_Inbound_Logistics.php?cid=5050">SupplyChainDigest reported on the talk</a>. Here a a paragraph from their article that represents the challenge and opportunity:</div><div> </div><blockquote><div>&quot;He also said that Walmart's vast transportation network, including some
6500 dedicated trucks and an amazing 56,000 trailers, covering almost
every area of the country, could reduce total transportation costs
because its network density and buying power may result in lower costs,
especially in terms of using vendor freight to reduce empty miles
travelled, or produce better consolidations. He noted, for example, that
Walmart has about 12 consolidation DCs that combine less-than-truckload
shipments from vendors into full truckload shipments to its stores. &quot;</div></blockquote><div> </div><div>During the talk, Mr. Forbis mentioned the use of optimization to help with this problem.<br /> <br />This is a great example of how optimization can help firms. When you have an almost unlimited number choices, optimization technology helps you sort through the possibilities. This is especially true with transportation optimization. We have previously discussed how deceptively difficult routing problems are (click <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/sca/entry/fifty_years_of_vehicle_routing_and_the_difficulty_of_routing_optimization29?lang=en_us">here </a>and <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/sca/entry/a_great_route_can_be_hard_to_find1?lang=en_us">here </a>for more information). <br /> <br />With Inbound logistics, the optimization is even more difficult. For example, you may need to find routes that pick up from multiple vendors and make drop-offs at multiple distribution centers. Most routing optimization focuses on outbound routes from a depot to stores. A nice advantage of IBM's Transportation Analyst is that engine is based on the Constraint Programming engine that gives you the ability to model inbound logistics and find great solutions that you otherwise would not find. <br /> <br />We often find that when we compare the results of an optimization run to the current plans, the optimization can find solutions that meet all the business rules and time constraints (which are not always met in the existing routes) <i>and </i>reduces the cost.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div> At the 2011 annual CSCMP conference, Walmart's Greg Forbis spoke to a full session about Walmart's inbound supply chain. SupplyChainDigest reported on the talk . Here a a paragraph from their article that represents the challenge and opportunity: ...003071urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-62f2f6e0-041f-482a-b84b-941f259f07e8Inbound Logistics on How to Benefit from SaaS TMSMichaelWatson270002K5FSactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-12-27T21:26:53-05:002011-12-27T21:26:53-05:00<div> </div><div>The November 2011 edition of Inbound Logistics <a href="http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/how-to-benefit-from-saas-tms/">featured an article on how to benefit from a transportation management system (TMS) offered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)</a>. </div><div> </div><div>The article highlights the faster ROI with the SaaS cost structure, the ability to scale with carriers already in the network, and the visibility on your shipments. </div><div> </div><div> </div> The November 2011 edition of Inbound Logistics featured an article on how to benefit from a transportation management system (TMS) offered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) . The article highlights the faster ROI with the SaaS cost structure, the ability...002134urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-44d2758c-6180-4c65-9291-a4addbe56471Fifty Years of Vehicle Routing and The Difficulty of Routing OptimizationMichaelWatson270002K5FSactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-12-26T21:57:26-05:002011-12-26T21:59:36-05:00
<div> </div><div>It is often difficult to explain how difficult it is to come up with an optimal solution to a vehicle routing problem. </div><div> </div><div>I am convinced that part of the problem is that it is so trivial to come up with feasible solutions to a vehicle routing problem: just send out a truck to make every stop or group stops and send a truck to make multiple stops. And, an experienced dispatcher can often quickly improve upon a given schedule by looking at the routes. And, what we've found in practice, the constraints that would make the problem harder (like deliver time windows) are often simply ignored. <br /> <br /></div><div><br />However, being about to find a solution to the problem (and maybe even an infeasible one), is not good enough. We've found that using advanced optimization can lead to routes that shave 5-15% of costs (on routes that are already deemed pretty good) and meet all the constraints. </div><div> </div><div>What makes this interesting, is that the optimization is actually very difficult. Mike Trick's <a href="http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog/?p=1564">recent blog post</a> highlights some of the difficulty with routing by writing about a Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) a politician might face in Iowa trying to visit all 99 county seats in the shortest amount of drive time. Mike Trick quotes Bill Cook: </div><div> </div><div><blockquote><div align="justify">Leaving Des Moines, we have 98 choices for our second stop, then, for
each of these, 97 choices for the third stop, then 96 choices for the
fourth stop, and so on until we hit our last county and drive back to
Des Moines. Multiplying all of these choices gives the number of
possible routes through Iowa. And it is a big number, roughly 9 followed
by 153 zeros. No computer in the world could look through such an
enormous collection of tours one by one.<br /></div></blockquote> <br />For vehicle routing (with multiple vehicles, capacities, time windows, and so on), the story gets more complicated. In a 2009 paper by Gilbert Laporte titled &quot;Fifty Years of Vehicle Routing&quot; discusses the progress that has been made in this field. He mentions that the vehicle routing problem &quot;is considerably more difficult to solve than the TSP.&quot; Over fifty years of research has led to significant advances in different approaches and algorithms. But, he mentions that the field still has a long way to go to solve larger (and more realistically sized) problems found in industry. <br /></div><div> </div><div>This mirrors our experience with the ILOG optimization for vehicle routing-- these problems can be mathematically challenging. To solve these problems in practice requires an optimization-based approach. We have been working on this since the mid-90's. Some readers may remember the ILOG routing engine called Dispatcher or
the tool Transport PowerOps. This routing engine has found its way into
to the product called Transportation Analyst. And, the underlying
optimization engines are now part of the CPLEX toolkit. </div><div> </div><div> </div>
It is often difficult to explain how difficult it is to come up with an optimal solution to a vehicle routing problem. I am convinced that part of the problem is that it is so trivial to come up with feasible solutions to a vehicle routing problem: just...002378urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-b691e750-d100-44f4-8ae9-f3f15b01bd3fHow can I optimize the benefits of my asset warranties? a.k.a. Saving money on asset maintenance!CareyClarke2700008H6Uactivefalsea9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3aComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-11-09T14:38:23-05:002011-11-09T14:50:14-05:00
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most new, rebuilt, or remanufactured assets will carry some level of warranty
against defects or failures. <span style=""> </span>Significant
savings can be realized by maximizing the benefits of these warranties by
either recovering costs your organization has incurred performing warranty
repairs or by avoiding incurring the costs by having the vendor or manufacturer
perform the repair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the June 1, 2011 blog
titled ‘</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/triggering_item_warranties_in_maximo_for_transportation13?lang=en">Triggering Item Warranties in Maximo for Transportation</a><span style="font-family: Arial;">’, we described
how to manage item or spare part warranties. <span style=""> </span>Today we will focus on managing asset
warranties.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Warranty coverage that is specific
to an asset is defined in Maximo for Transportation’s Asset Warranty Contracts (Tr)
application. <span style=""> </span>This can be defined as full
coverage (every component and part on the asset is under warranty) or as
component coverage (a specific component of the asset, say the engine, is under
warranty).<br />
<br />
Full coverage is often referred to as bumper to bumper warranty when talking
about vehicles. For example, you might say an asset has a bumper to bumper
warranty or full coverage for two years or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.<br />
<br />
Component coverage, as the name implies, is for a specific component of an
asset. You may define the coverage as being only for the engine of a vehicle
for a period of one year or 25,000 miles. You can also optionally say that not
only is this component covered by the warranty, but all subcomponents within
the component are also covered. In the example of the engine, then the cylinder
block, crankshaft, pistons, etc. in the engine are also included in this
coverage. <br />
<br />
When planning or executing work and issuing or purchasing materials or
services, Maximo will validate the record against its asset's warranty
coverage. Warranty situations are identified (a Possible Warranty field on the
records) and configurable notifications are provided to the user.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you are in the process of
planning work or repairs, you will be notified of a possible warranty
situation. <span style=""> </span>Such things as work orders,
work order tasks, purchase request lines, purchase order lines, planned labor,
planned materials, planned services, etc. are validated for warranty.<span style=""> </span>If your organization is not authorized to
perform the warranty repair, you now have the opportunity to engage the vendor
or manufacturer to perform the repair and avoid incurring the cost of the
repair yourself or voiding the warranty on the asset.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If your organization is
authorized to perform warranty repairs, you can proceed with the work following
the appropriate warranty repair procedures to insure you are not at risk to
void the warranty.<span style=""> </span>Actual labor,
materials, and services consumed to perform the warranty repair will be
identified by Maximo as possible warranty situations.<span style=""> </span>Once the work is complete, these can be used
as the basis for a warranty claim to help you manage the process of recovering
any costs you have incurred while performing the warranty repair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Let's look at some examples.<br />
<br />
Asset A123 is on an asset warranty contract with warranty coverage defined as
follows:<br />
<br />
Warranty Coverage: Full Coverage for 2 years or 50,000 miles.<br />
<br />
A work order is created for this asset; tasks and planned material and labor
are included. When the work order is saved, Maximo will validate the work
order, all tasks, and planned labor, materials and services for possible
warranty. In this case, there are records marked as possible warranty based on
the defined warranty coverage. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This organization is not
authorized to perform warranty work so the manufacturer is contacted and performs
the repair at no cost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is recorded on the Maximo
work order as a warranty repair providing detailed information on the assets
repair history and history on the activities related to the asset’s warranty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Everyone is happy as the
asset is now repaired and your organization avoided incurring the cost of the
repair!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
<br />
Asset A456 has a rebuilt engine installed with warranty coverage defined as
follows:<br />
<br />
Warranty Coverage: Component Coverage for the engine and its child components
for 1 year or 25,000 miles.<br />
<br />
A work order is created for this asset; tasks and planned material and labor
are included. On one task and its associated plans, the repair is to be made
against the timing gears, a component of the engine. When the work order is
saved, Maximo will validate the work order, all tasks, and planned labor,
materials and services for possible warranty. In this case, only the records
for the engine and its components will be marked as possible warranty. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This organization is an
authorized warranty repair depot for this manufacturer, so the work order is approved
and the repairs are performed. As labor, materials, and services are issued or
purchased for the work order, they will be validated for possible warranty and
flagged accordingly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Once the work is complete,
the warranty officer or shift leader can quickly generate a warranty claim
based on the warranty repair information in the work order (no duplication of
data entry) and process to recover funds expended. <span style=""> </span>When reimbursement is received from
manufacturer, the work order and asset are credited for the cost of the warranty
repair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Once again, everyone is
happy.<span style=""> </span>The asset is repaired and the
manufacturer pays the bill, not your organization!</span></p>
Most new, rebuilt, or remanufactured assets will carry some level of warranty
against defects or failures. Significant
savings can be realized by maximizing the benefits of these warranties by
either recovering costs your organization has incurred...303276urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3409a814-fde3-4a58-af4a-e2e5efe08a8dAsset Management2015-08-01T05:05:44-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-af84b912-5392-4c93-908d-a9f16e32690fWhat do an airline, a national train operator and a global engine manufacture have in common?RobPowell270001UWDHactivefalsea9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3aComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-09-08T12:31:25-04:002011-09-08T15:49:38-04:00
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do an airline, a national train operator, and a global engine manufacture have in common? They probably have any number of things in common, but as
this is a Maximo blog I will focus on the fact that they are all using Maximo
Asset Configuration Manager (ACM) at the core of their business.<span style=""> </span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" />You may be asking ‘why’ and ‘what does ACM
actually do’?<span style=""> </span> And apart from using ACM, what else do these businesses have in
common?</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Complex
assets</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">High
value assets</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Safety
Critical operating environments</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Highly
regulated by government and industry bodies</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">These four high-level characteristics of their businesses
mean that they are heavily reliant on managing their assets with a strong
emphasis on ensuring that the assets and associated maintenance processes
comply with the standards against which they are certified to operate and
provide services.<span style=""> </span>To do this they
require a capability that can define the design standards, create the assets
based on the selected standard and then validate the asset to highlight any
invalid condition, all of this is highly dynamic operational environments – meeting
this requirement is at the center of Maximo ACM.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maximo ACM is a ‘Add On’ solution from the Maximo portfolio,
this is pretty much the same as the ‘Industry Solutions’ that you may have
heard of, for example Nuclear, Transportation, Oil and Gas etc.<span style=""> </span>Maximo ACM seamlessly wraps around the core
Maximo Asset Management application to provide a deeper and broader degree of functionality;
it actually adds an additional 36 applications (for Maximo ACM 7.5).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, let’s start with the basics of configuration management
and where Maximo ACM fits into the bigger picture. </p><div> <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/CMProcess2.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/CMProcess2.png" style="width: 400px; display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position: relative;" /></a> </div><div> <br /></div><div>This schematic diagram shows the 3 main phases of an
asset life cycle, from the design phase through to the operational life of the
asset.<span style=""> In each phase there are associated design releases and build standards, typically there are multiple changes to the design and build that need to be carefully controlled to ensure that the assets are built and operated in valid configurations.<br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">Maximo ACM is used in the ‘as
maintained’ phase, this is the phase where the asset is being flown, operated and maintained in dynamic and sometimes challenging environments. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Maximo ACM also uses information and data from the ‘as designed’ and ‘as
built’ phases so that it can compare what is happening to the asset in service
against the design standards.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><div> </div><br /><div> <br /></div><div>There are several design concepts associated with ACM that
enable the application to support the configuration management requirements, <span style=""> </span>there will be covered in future postings, but
I’ll start with the fundamental concept – the separation of ‘reference data’
and ‘operational data’.<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMDesignv1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/ACMDesignv1.png" style="width: 400px; display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 1em; float: right; position: relative;" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div> This diagram illustrates, at a high level, the concept
of data separation in ACM; the ‘as designed’ data is represented as the
reference data, in simple terms this is what the asset is allowed to look like,
how it should be maintained, how all the components are related to each other
and what are the RULES that define a valid configuration (ACM is a ‘rules based’
system……….. to be covered in a future blog). </div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ‘as maintained’ data is represented by the operational
data; this is the physical assets that are in service within the clients’ organization and the maintenance activities that are carried out to support the
operational requirements, e.g. planned maintenance, asset removal and
installation and the recording of life usage (meter entries). <br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The piece in the center joining the two sides together is
the validation process, this is called the Build Data Interpreter (BDI), it
dynamically validates the asset status and alerts the user of any invalid
condition ……… see the blog posting by Lee Cotton to understand some detail
around the BDI (‘Keeping a BDI on your Assets’: <a href="http://ibm.co/rfIDmn">http://ibm.co/rfIDmn</a>). </p><div> </div>
<div> </div><p class="MsoNormal">More to follow in future blogs about the design concepts
behind ACM and how ACM is used by clients to support their business
requirements.</p>
What do an airline, a national train operator, and a global engine manufacture have in common? They probably have any number of things in common, but as
this is a Maximo blog I will focus on the fact that they are all using Maximo
Asset Configuration...304408urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3409a814-fde3-4a58-af4a-e2e5efe08a8dAsset Management2015-08-01T05:05:44-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-593f5c94-3223-4559-9c56-ac8034707942This week's developerWorks newsletter: Traffic (the bad kind), Mashups4JSF, and morejohnswan120000GK2Eactivefalse0fbe83eb-1b06-4f42-b5f3-45cd0a1dd129Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-07-29T06:48:30-04:002011-07-29T06:48:30-04:00This week's developerWorks newsletter intro focuses on IBM Intelligent Transportation. Not subscribed? <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/newsletter/">Sign up for your customized newsletter today!</a>
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<b>Welcome, developers!</b>
<br />
<i><b>Traffic.</i>
<br /><br />
</b> It's stressful, it's wasteful, it's boring ... and it's anything but intelligent! If you've spent any time sitting in gridlock, you've probably thought: <i>In this day and age, there has to be a better way to manage a transportation system.</i>
<br /><br />
Well, now there is -- and guess who's behind it? <a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/industry/intelligent-transportation/?cmp=dw&cpb=dw&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">IBM Intelligent Transportation</a> provides a comprehensive and scalable platform for transportation management that can help users analyze and optimize traffic patterns in a broad range of environments and conditions.
It's a sensible software solution to a real-world challenge, so naturally developerWorks' <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/industry/?cmp=dw&cpb=dwind&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Industries zone</a> has it covered: First, they introduce you to the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/industry/library/ind-tmdd/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwind&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD) standard</a>, and show you how it's used in the IBM Intelligent Transportation product; they then explore how a <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/industry/library/ind-inteltrans/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwind&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">traffic data gateway</a> can effectively capture raw traffic data from detectors embedded in roadway infrastructures.
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And Intelligent Transportation is just one facet of IBM's new <a href="http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_cities/overview/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dw&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Smarter Cities</a> initiative. Looks like congestion is easing on the road ahead.
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<b>This week's top features on <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/?cmp=dw&cpb=dw&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">developerWorks</a>:</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-mashupfeeds/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwope&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Produce and consume mashup feeds using Mashups4JSF</a> (Open source)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-usingtraps/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwaix&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Using traps in your scripts</a> (AIX and UNIX)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-techupdateswiki/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwibmi&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Let the IBM i Technology Updates wiki show you the way</a> (IBM i)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1107db2isolationlevel/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwinf&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Determine the effective isolation level in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows</a> (Information Management)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ft4/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwjav&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Functional thinking: Immutability</a> (Java technology)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/implement-dodaf-2-architectures/index.html?cmp=dw&cpb=dwrat&ct=dwnew&cr=dwnen&ccy=zz&csr=072811">Implement DoDAF 2 architectures with Rational System Architect workspaces</a> (Rational)</li>
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&lt;![endif]--><span style="font-family:Arial">One of the questions I am most
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">In order to explain this, I
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Say you are in the mood for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Now, as is expected in our
society, you must pay for this item before you leave the store.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Although the device has a warranty that will
take effect once you complete the purchase and register the warranty, this
original transaction to purchase the device is not a ‘warranty’ transaction.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Meaning it is not a transaction to replace a
failed device and you should not expect to be reimbursed for the cost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Unfortunately, shortly into
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</span>So you return to the store to exchange it for another device.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You approach customer service, wait in line
for hours, and explain the situation to the bemused clerk.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As there is a record of you purchasing the
failed device and it still has a valid warranty, this new transaction, to
replace the failed device, is a ‘warranty’ transaction.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Depending on the store, you may get an
immediate reimbursement (the replacement device is no charge) or you may have
to pay for the replacement device and submit a claim to receive reimbursement
for the cost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Maximo operates in much the
same principle.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Again, let’s use an
example to explain.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">In the Item Warranty
Contracts application, you define a warranty for a water pump.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Say six months in duration for water pump
item number WP99HD.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Now, you open a work order
for an asset and issue a WP99HD.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Since
there is a warranty contract for this item, a warranty registration takes place
saying this item on this asset carries a warranty starting on the current date
and expiring on the calculated expiration date (Maximo does this for you).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">But, as there was no
previous record of a registered warranty for this item for this asset, this is
not a warranty transaction and you should not expect to be reimbursed for the
cost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">A few months pass (but less
than six) and the water pump fails.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A
new work order is opened for the asset and another item WP99HD is issued.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Magic time!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Now, as there is a registered warranty for this item on this asset and
it is within the warranty period, this transaction is a warranty
transaction.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You are replacing a failed
water pump that still has warranty and reimbursement is a possibility.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Therefore this transaction will be flagged as
a warranty situation by Maximo.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Oh, and as the replacement
pump being issued has a warranty contract, a new warranty registration for this
item on this asset will be done also.</span></p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;MS Mincho&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"></span>One of the questions I am most
frequently asked is in regards to how item warranties are triggered. In order to explain this, I
think it best to start with an example. Say you are in the mood for
listening to some of your favorite tunes as you jog along...303982urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3409a814-fde3-4a58-af4a-e2e5efe08a8dAsset Management2015-08-01T05:05:44-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3c35be70-5f3c-4927-b8c1-48cfbe7e2240DC Velocity Videocast: IBM Cloud Computing Optimization and Analytics in the Transportation Industryaeortiz2700024WMFactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-04-22T16:05:13-04:002011-04-22T16:05:13-04:00 <a href="http://dcvelocity.createsend1.com/t/y/l/zitiyk/xgdhurju/r/"><img alt="DC Velocity Videocasts" border="0" height="60" src="http://i1.createsend1.com/ei/y/69/B99/265/025127/csimport/videocastsheader_0.gif" width="700" /></a><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png" /><h1 style="margin-bottom: 4px; padding-bottom: 0px; font: 24px/30px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; padding-top: 10px;">Question:
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how companies are dealing with transformative events in their logistics network
and managing uncertainty in a turbulent market.</p>
<p align="center"><u><b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://dcvelocity.createsend1.com/t/y/l/zitiyk/xgdhurju/y/">Watch it Now</a></font></b></u></p>
<p style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><b>Problem:</b><br />Today,
Transportation providers are struggling to meet the ever changing demand in the
market. According to a recent Gartner study, current transportation market
conditions including rapidly shifting customer demands, capacity constraints and
congestion threaten to propel logistics costs. Demand for transportation
providers will increase and shipper uncertainty will continue to become a
reality, driving the need for new intelligence and insight, better
transportation asset utilization, greater connectivity and transparency, and
improved customer service. These challenges will require transport providers to
better manage their operational networks.</p>
<p style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><b>Solution:</b><br />Learn
about the transformative technologies that power IBM's Watson, the new Jeopardy!
Champion, that can help transportation providers implement strategies that will
enable them to gain insight, optimize results and lead the transformation to
smarter business and operating models.</p>
<p style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Despite the turmoil of
the transportation market there are advanced technologies to help steward firms
through rate hikes, oil prices, driver shortage, congestion, and capacity
constraints while managing today's network complexities.</p>
<p style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The imperative for
companies who want to outpace competitors is to reconsider how they apply
optimization to take advantage of limited resources. Executives are looking to
technology solutions to provide the tools they need for daily execution and long
term strategic transportation decisions.</p>
<p style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Executives Walter Heil
and Dan Vanden Brink will discuss how the application of business analytics in
conjunction with &quot;as a Service&quot; (SaaS) Transportation Management Systems helps
optimize distribution and logistics decisions capabilities to:</p>
<ul><li style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Reduce supply chain
costs by optimizing and executing complex order fulfillment processes
</li><li style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Improve operational
efficiency by integrating operations with inventory and planning optimization
</li><li style="font: 13px/17px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Improve customer
experience by fulfilling more perfect orders in the demand chain </li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; font: bold 14px/20px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">This
webcast was recorded on the show floor at ProMat 2011.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; font: bold 14px/20px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Registration
is <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">not required</span> for this free event.</p>
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Question:
What is IBM Cloud Computing Optimization and Analytics? IBM Watson Answer: Learn
how companies are dealing with transformative events in their logistics network
and managing uncertainty in a turbulent market. Watch it Now Problem: Today,...002442urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-65b5f7e4-c127-49f7-898f-03f2e797a3ccInbound Transportation Management Webinar - April 26 at 2:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM PDT | 6:00 PM GMTaeortiz2700024WMFactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-04-13T13:51:51-04:002011-04-13T14:00:18-04:00<!--[if !mso]&amp;amp;amp;gt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Inbound Transportation Focus –</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />
<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Over
60% of companies from our July study have realized the significance of gaining
more visibility and control of inbound transportation. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 33.75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">WalMart’s Inbound supply chain collaboration
initiative is one additional factor driving change</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">- (Kelly Abney, WalMart VP Corporate
Transportation presented a keynotes on this initiative during Aberdeen’s 2010 and 2011 Supply Chain
Summit). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 33.75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Gaining visibility and control of inbound
transportation management is prerequisite and central to…</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<ul type="disc"><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">the success of the WalMart
initiative and is also prerequisite and </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">extends to companies of all
sizes, scale, and industry segments. It is crucial to the success of any
multi-party supply chain management transformation. </span></li></ul></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 33.75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Organizations lacking inbound control are blind to
shipment details within the transportation pipeline.</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Learn
how leading companies (those with highest percentages of Inbound Freight under
control) are focusing on new Inbound Technologies to address challenges and take
action. They are:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 33.75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">2.8 to 5.8 –times as likely to leverage enhanced
planning optimization</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">
–leading companies are converging planning processes with robust automation to
support on-the-fly decision-making </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 33.75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">1.2 to 2.5 –times as likely to automate dynamic optimization
and near real-time visibility with optimization</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> of execution within their processes.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> Please
join Aberdeen
and as we look for insights around best practices and review specific examples
of strategic technology advancement around inbound collaboration.<br />
<br />
About Our Speakers:<br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Bob Heaney, Senior Research
Analyst Supply Chain Management, The Aberdeen Group</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />
<br />
Bob Heaney is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of distinguished
leadership experience in research, analysis, and advisory roles in Supply Chain
Engineering. Bob’s coverage area within Aberdeen
includes various elements of Supply Chain Execution (Transportation Management,
Warehouse Management, Distributed Order Management and Supply Chain
Visibility).<br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">Peter
Wharton</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">, Manager of Product Marketing, Sterling Commerce, an
IBM Company</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />
<br />
As a software industry veteran, Peter has worked for a number of software
vendors of supply chain solutions, including managing the carrier relationships
with UPS, FedEx, DHL and USPS while Director of Strategic Alliances for Kewill.
Peter started his career in development, designing distribution and inventory
systems in England
working for Imperial Tobacco. He attended the University of East Anglia,
where he achieved a joint honors degree in Environmental Sciences and Computing.
</span></p>
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On April 26th, Sterling Commerce, an IBM Company is sponsoring an Aberdeen Group webinar on Inbound Transportation Management: The Convergence of Planning, Optimization, and Dynamic Execution. Register today! Webinar Overview: Inbound Transportation Focus –...002164urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0c0932bf-5325-42ad-824f-453e70fd1e9cRetailer Finds 7% transprotation cost saving by combining shipmentsMichaelWatson270002K5FSactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2010-08-15T23:35:50-04:002010-08-15T23:35:50-04:00 <br /><br />A retailer with multiple different chains of stores produced a specialty food product that was needed by different chains. Since the chains ran independently and had different requirements, they sent separate trucks to each chain. Also, the firm ran static routes so each store could get to better know the driver. These routes did not change frequently.<br /> <br /><br />They used Transportation Analyst to determine the benefits of combining the shipments for the two chains together. For example, a truck would leave the warehouse and visit stores from each chain on a single route. Before they changed their business practices, they wanted to understand the potential benefit. They found they could reduce transportation cost by 7% and while providing better service. While it may seem obvious that combining shipments would yield savings, it is important to quantify these to understand the value of the change prior to making the change.<br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/sca/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/TAModeSelection.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/sca/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/TAModeSelection.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position: relative;" /></a> This study is part of a trend we are seeing. More firms are looking for savings opportunities through new transportation strategies. They are not only applying transportation optimization to the current practices, they are using the technology to look for new ways to do business. <br /> <br /><br />For example, the map on the left shows an example of mode selection--- which customers should be served private, commercial, or LTL carrier, and for the truck load moves, which ones are multi-stop and which ones direct. <br /> <br /><br />In addition, it is also important to analyze the back haul opportunities. That is, your selection of the outbound mode can depend the opportunities for picking up product from a supplier and bringing it back into your facility. <br /><br /><br /> A retailer with multiple different chains of stores produced a specialty food product that was needed by different chains. Since the chains ran independently and had different requirements, they sent separate trucks to each chain. Also, the firm ran static...002182urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-8c0cd518-583c-40f6-884a-2d2a8c8fe4ecIBM Decision Optimization2015-02-26T15:07:24-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7f71e504-82bb-4561-b8fc-74eeee2c9731Prefabricated House Blocking I-495: Can Analytics Help Washington's Traffic?fstein0600021H08activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2010-07-13T15:53:36-04:002010-07-16T17:42:49-04:00Many of you probably saw the news about the Beltway Blockage
on July 8<sup>th</sup> in the afternoon - - some of you may have been stuck in
the traffic like I was.<span style=""> </span>I had just read
IBM’s new Report, <a href="http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/traffic_congestion/ideas/">“The
Globalization of Traffic Congestion:<span style=""> </span>IBM
2010 Commuter Pain Survey</a>,” but it was little consolation knowing that
traffic delays in Moscow were on average 2.5 hours, even as I watched my
commute time inch towards the second hour. <p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Transportation is a key governmental function that has
enormous impact on the citizens’ well being.<span style="">
</span>Traffic congestion adds stress to our lives, retards economic
development, and impacts the environment.<span style="">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Performance Management is the mandate of the day for
governments, both federal and the state and local government.<span style=""> </span>In the past, many government agencies would
measure performance such as the number of roads resurfaced, number of traffic
lights installed, and the number of dollars spent on transportation.<span style=""> </span>These were input data elements.<span style=""> </span>A more recent focus, and one that is more
meaningful to citizens, is to measure the outcomes achieved by the government
agencies.<span style=""> </span>In the case of transportation,
an outcome might be the average commute time from one location to another, the
average speed on a roadway, or the volume of traffic (or persons) carried by a
road segment during the peak traffic hour.<span style="">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reporting on outcomes is but the first step.<span style=""> </span>The performance achieved must be compared to
the desired quality of service (QoS).<span style="">
</span>Setting of the QoS goals for transportation and other government
functions is worthy of a public debate because there are invariably tradeoffs,
the major one being how much more one is willing to pay to achieve a better
outcome.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another step that can be done with the outcome data is to
determine trends and predict what might happen if the trends continue.<span style=""> </span>We call this Predictive Analytics.<span style=""> </span>We can plan the transportation infrastructure
that will be needed if <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1:place>’s
growth continues at the current rate (except for 2008, we have grown
continuously).<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, the performance data can be analyzed to find patterns.<span style=""> </span>Does the QoS fall short only in certain spots
or at a certain time of day?<span style=""> </span>Why is this
happening?<span style=""> </span>We can build models of the
traffic flows and run simulations to allow us to ask questions such as “Would
an extra off-ramp lane prevent the exiting traffic from backing up on the
Beltway?”<span style=""> </span>Or “Would running an extra
lane Southbound in the morning improve the traffic flows?”<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Getting back to the recent Tractor-Trailer accident, has
anyone done any modeling and simulation of what might happen if I-495 were
blocked by an accident - - or a terrorist action?<span style=""> </span>Do we have alternate routes identified?<span style=""> </span>Do we have the computer systems to redirect
traffic to these alternate routes and to dynamically change the traffic
patterns on certain roads to facilitate the flow in traffic in what may be
abnormal ways?<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: rgb(224, 255, 255);">If you’d like to voice your opinion about the traffic
situation in your city, fill in our on-line questionnaire </b><a href="http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/493090" style="background-color: rgb(224, 255, 255);">&quot;Traffic Survey&quot;</a><b style="background-color: rgb(224, 255, 255);"><span style=""> </span>Disclaimer:<span style="">
</span>This is not intended to be a scientific, randomized survey, and I make
no claim to its validity.<span style=""> </span>However, I
will publish the results in a future blog, if we get enough interest in the
poll.</b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;;"><o:p /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Give me your thoughts on how analytics might be used to
improve our traffic situation.<span style=""> </span>Write to
me at <a href="mailto:ascdc@us.ibm.com">ascdc@us.ibm.com</a> or respond to this
blog.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Frank Stein, Director, IBM’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Analytics</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Solution</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More on Analytics at our website <a href="www.ibm.com/ASCdc">www.ibm.com/ASCdc</a></p>
Many of you probably saw the news about the Beltway Blockage
on July 8 th in the afternoon - - some of you may have been stuck in
the traffic like I was. I had just read
IBM’s new Report, “The
Globalization of Traffic Congestion: IBM
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